IC 986
IC 986
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 986 as it looked roughly 348 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5501Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1010Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1011Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 989Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1010Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1011Spiral28 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).